What's the difference between happily and luckily?

Happily


Definition:

  • (adv.) By chance; peradventure; haply.
  • (adv.) By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.
  • (adv.) In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.
  • (adv.) With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It will be a slow process to ensure everything is in place, such as ensuring there is consistent fresh drinking water and a sewerage system, but they lived there very happily before.
  • (2) How can the CHOGM leaders condemn the dictatorship of Musharraf but happily wine and dine with Museveni?
  • (3) Our language and traditions are the result of complex processes of cultural cross-fertilisation and, as long as they are alive, I expect them to continue happily resisting rigid definition.
  • (4) Berriedale-Johnson happily admits that a couple of decades ago most of the free-from products on the market were "pretty inedible".
  • (5) In 2013, the Mail On Sunday reported that Umunna belonged to a “shady” City men’s club where bottles of brandy went for £4,000 a pop, that he hung out with celebrities, and that he would happily pay £1,200 for a suit.
  • (6) They happily take the weight off the system and invest in private services.
  • (7) It's broad enough to happily hold the startup raising money for a cool piece of tech, and the musician trying to fund a new EP.
  • (8) Off-screen, Duncan remains happily married to fellow actor Hilton McRae , whom she first met when they were working at the Royal Shakespeare Company back in the mid-1980s.
  • (9) Does it bother you that after all that time I will happily vote against it just in order to fuck you and your leader off?"
  • (10) My sister is 54 years old, and has lived very happily in her residential care home for the last 38 years.
  • (11) Sadly for those who need help now, it is going to take a long time, but happily for humankind, the future looks unusually hopeful.
  • (12) It was not our fault that we lost the game, I thought it was his.” Sunderland fans’ cheery endorsement of Allardyce’s appointment made the release of his autobiography happily timed, especially as, for now, the 60-year-old can still boast of never being relegated from the Premier League .
  • (13) I don't have children but I am very happily married, with a wonderful wife.
  • (14) The German leader said it had been an illusion to think that Germans and foreign workers could "live happily side by side".
  • (15) The knowledgeable staff will happily explain the merits of elusive Belgian beers with quirky names such as Jambe de Bois and Mad Helen.
  • (16) The Teardrop Explodes’ Julian Cope spent a lot of time happily expounding the benefits of LSD, while the very existence of Boy George clearly raised a number of interesting issues.
  • (17) "I t's all been a bit overwhelming actually," says the drama producer Pippa Harris happily, reflecting on response to The Hollow Crown, BBC2's Shakespeare tetralogy that came to a close on Saturday.
  • (18) Asked if passengers should have any concerns about safety, Haines added: "I would happily fly myself.
  • (19) – but Russell happily slips in and out of voices and lines from the movie, his recollections punctuated by wistful sighs.
  • (20) But 10 months ago, the face on the screen suddenly changed to Matthews' own daughter, nine-year-old Shannon , who had gone happily off on a swimming trip from Westmoor primary school on February 19 but did not come home.

Luckily


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Had not Jaggers summoned me to see him on the day of my majority some years later, I might have wondered at the psychological implausibility of an old woman training a child to be a psychopath, but luckily I was so caught up by the possibility of my benefactor's name being revealed that the thought quite slipped my mind.
  • (2) Luckily for him, nobody chose to point out that this was the least he could have done to guarantee he wouldn’t have to sack himself if the electorate voted to leave.
  • (3) Luckily, it's the same with behaviour therapy, which has been proven to benefit some children.
  • (4) The poll didn't ask about consistency, but luckily few specific Lib Dem policies lodge in the public memory.
  • (5) Luckily, we had booked into a rather smart lodge rather than pitching up at a dodgy motel.
  • (6) Luckily we have great collections, a great programme so we do our best … we are on a hamster wheel.” Blavatnik will join philanthropic names at the V&A such as Weston (the Weston Cast Court), Sackler (the Sackler Centre for Arts Education) and Porter (the Porter Gallery, which houses temporary displays).
  • (7) "I think he was going to have a shot but luckily he put it in my path and I struck through it and it went in.
  • (8) Most people were concerned about how many people had been killed but luckily enough there was no game on at the time and it was the middle of the afternoon and it was a surreal experience.
  • (9) Luckily, “Google” is also a popular search, getting about 40% as many as “Facebook”; so 8.9m per day.
  • (10) High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history Read more Luckily, there is more than one door to the palace.
  • (11) Luckily, I have lots of people I can practise on, to say, ‘Do you understand that phrase?’ and if they don’t they say, ‘What does that mean, daddy?’ You have to put yourself in a child’s shoes.
  • (12) Luckily, no real ladies are involved in any of this – Fifa has long served as one of Earth’s leading cockocracies.
  • (13) Luckily my parents did not practise family planning and stop earlier,” he laughs.
  • (14) Occasionally he does, but it's not very often we see him, luckily for us and for him.
  • (15) Careers for the 21st century law student Read more Luckily, the skills gained from studying law can be applied to other careers.
  • (16) Luckily, Hall was sufficiently mobile to be rescued.
  • (17) Luckily for Arsenal the pass forward towards Ibrahimovic is heavy and bounces out of play.
  • (18) Luckily, many of Prop 187’s and SB 1070’s most ardent supporters are now either eternally vilified ( Governor Pete Wilson ), politically irrelevant ( Governor Jan Brewer ) or in massive legal problems ( Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ).
  • (19) Luckily the Cardinals will have rookie phenom Michael Wacha, who has yet to take a loss this postseason, on the mound tonight .
  • (20) When boarding the train we found that the space was occupied by people and luggage, luckily they moved without too many dirty looks.